--- title: "Ecclesiastes 10 - Study King James Bible with bullingers companion bible notes" description: "Read Ecclesiastes 10 with bullingers companion bible notes commentary. 1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10" --- [ Read](/kjv/ecclesiastes/10)[ Commentary](/study/ecclesiastes/10)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/ecclesiastes/10) Audio 1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: *so doth* a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom *and* honour.* 2 A wise man’s heart *is* at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth *him*, and he saith to every one *that* he *is* a fool.* 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil *which* I have seen under the sun, as an error *which* proceedeth from the ruler:* 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.* 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; *and* he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom *is* profitable to direct. 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.* 12 The words of a wise man’s mouth *are* gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.* 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth *is* foolishness: and the end of his talk *is* mischievous madness.* 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?* 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. 16 ¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king *is* a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 17 Blessed *art* thou, O land, when thy king *is* the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 18 ¶ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. 19 ¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all *things*.* 20 ¶ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.* [Ecclesiastes 9](/study/ecclesiastes/9) [Ecclesiastes 11](/study/ecclesiastes/11) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Dead flies.** Hebrew flies of death: i.e. flies that bring or produce death. Supply the Figure of speech *Ellipsis,* "[as] dead". **cause** = [are that which will] cause, &c. **to send forth a stinking savour** = to stink [and] fer-ment. Figure of speech *Hendiadys.* App-6 . **folly** = stupidity. Hebrew. *sakal.* Same root as in [Ecclesiastes 10:6](/kjv/ecclesiastes/10/6) . See note on [Proverbs 1:7](/kjv/proverbs/1/7) . **him.** Note the Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) *:* "So doth stupidity [cause] him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour [to send forth an offensive savour]". **wisdom.** Hebrew. *chakmah.* See note on [Ecclesiastes 1:2](/kjv/ecclesiastes/1/2) . ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10","name":"Ecclesiastes 10 - Study King James Bible with bullingers companion bible notes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Ecclesiastes 10 with bullingers companion bible notes commentary. 1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes","name":"bullingers companion bible notes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes","name":"Ecclesiastes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ecclesiastes/10","name":"10"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```